About the Small Business Success Survey

The baseline (Wave 1) for the Small Business Success Survey was conducted in December 2008 through January 2009. A total of 1,000 small business owners were interviewed by telephone. A second wave (Wave 2) was conducted in June 2009 among 500 small-business owners. The third wave (Wave 3), which is reported here, was conducted in December 2009. Small businesses included in the study were privately owned (not publicly traded), for-profit, had fewer than 100 employees, and had a payroll and/or contributed to at least 50% of the owner’s household income. The data are weighted to ensure representativeness to the entire population of small businesses in the U.S.

The survey is longitudinal in nature, and tracks trends in Small Business Success over time. These are the results from the third wave of data collection.

The survey is sponsored by Network Solutions, LLC and the Center for Excellence in Services at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. Rockbridge Associates, Inc., an independent marketing research firm, conducted the survey.

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